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VIDEO: Woman Shoved to the Ground, Manhandled For Trying to Access Ruto

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

A Nairobi woman on Sunday found herself in trouble after attempting to access Deputy President Dr William Ruto.

In a video doing rounds on social media, the woman was tossed away, falling on the ground the moment she came closer to the DP.

Ruto’s body guard who shoved the woman to the ground is not bothered to see whether she got hurt or not.

DP and his entourage then carry on with their walk to his vehicle as the woman is helped up by fellow congregants

The incident happened as the deputy head of state exited a church in Dandora, where he had attended a religious service, alongside his Tangatanga troops.

”Ruto!Ruto!Ruto!” the crowd chants as all the drama unfolds.

Watch the video below courtesy of NTV.

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Ngilu Reveals Another DP Ruto’s Office Fraud Victim

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Kitui County governor Charity Ngilu has revealed another victim of fraudulent activities allegedly happening from Deputy President William Ruto’s office.

Ngilu on Sunday evening issued a statement listing some of the fraudulent activities that have previously happened in the office of the second in command.

Ngilu says it is now evidently clear through his (Ruto) own admission that these activities have been taking place in his office, which he admitted in his tweet that the meeting took place albeit for 23 minutes.

The Kitui county chief says Stephen Ngei Musyoka, a proprietor of Makindu Motors, is a living victim of these mafia like schemes that take place at the DPs office.

In 2018, in a similar run in with conmen operating from Dr Ruto’s office, Mr Musyoka supplied 2,800 laptops worth Sh200 million. To date Mr Musyoka has never been paid.

Ngilu has called for the resignation of DP Ruto to allow investigations to take place.

“The Deputy President should stop hoodwinking Kenyans through tweets and do the honorable thing, STEP ASIDE and let investigations be conducted in an impartial environment,” Ngilu says in part of her statement.

Below is her full statement;

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Detectives Raid Ruto’s Office, go For His 3 Top Aides

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are said to have spend the better part of Friday at Deputy President William Ruto’s office at Harambee House Annex in Nairobi.

This was in search of crucial evidence that can aid them pin down former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa in a Ksh 39 billion fraud case.

During the raid at Ruto’s office, the detectives checked into the building to view the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage for the period of interest to them.

According to The Standard, the detectives are also said to be keen to rope in all the ring leaders of the scheme as well as to corroborate the evidence adduced by the victims.

Of key interest are three top officials of the office who by the virtue of their positions ought to have been in the know when such a humongous deal was being struck.

These are long-time personal aide of the DP Farouk Kibet, Chief of Staff Ken Osinde and Private Secretary Reuben Maiyo.

Echesa is spending the weekend in police cells as detectives concluded the initial part of their probe.

Ruto  was yesterday furious with the turn of events implicating his office.

The news that his office was a place of interest to detectives also unfurled a wave of criticism by his political rivals demanding he tells his side of the story.

ALSO READ: How Echesa Used CS Monica Juma’s Signature to Cut The Fraudulent Multi-Billion Deal

“Go for the fraudsters. Leave me to serve the nation,” Ruto tweeted in reaction to the Saturday Standard story naming his office as the theatre of the alleged fraud.

“The desperation of my political competitors on their choreographed smear campaign against WSR is evident even for fools (whom we have a shortage for) to see. Just wait and see where this will end up. Washindwe!” he wrote.

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How Echesa Used CS Monica Juma’s Signature to Cut The Fraudulent Multi-Billion Deal

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa is no longer new to controversies! Or is he?

Well, after his arrest on Thursday, details have emerged of how the former ODM party youth leader used the office of Deputy President Dr William Ruto and Defence Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma’s signature to strike a multi-billion fraudulent deal.

According to The Standard, Echesa is said to have used the Office of the Deputy President and the signature of the Defence Cabinet Secretary to cut the fraudulent multi-billion-shilling deal to supply military surveillance equipment and guns.

The complainant, who is an American based in Poland, told the police Echesa approached them through e-mail, introducing himself as a Kenyan politician who would hook them up with a lucrative Sh39.5 billion tender.

The complainant said Echesa summoned the directors of the company into the country and had a meeting at a Nairobi hotel in the presence of people dressed in military uniforms, one of them introducing himself to the investors as a general who would be the user of the military equipment to be supplied to the Department of Defence.

The directors then arranged a trip for Echesa and three others to Poland, the headquarters of the company to inspect the surveillance equipment.

It is here that he said he would receive Sh52 million upon the signing of the contract after allegedly approving the standards of the equipment.

The victims told the police that they were on Thursday shocked to establish the man who identified himself as a military general was dressed in a suit this time round.

They also said they never got to meet the Deputy President despite Echesa promising that the contract would be signed in his presence.

What baffled investigators is that the fictitious tender document found both in the Office of the Deputy President and in Echesa’s car, bore the signature of CS Juma, among other senior ministry officials.

Forensic investigations on the signatures have been launched as part of the probe.

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DP Ruto Set to Attend His First Ever BBI Rally

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Deputy President Dr William Ruto is set to attend his first ever Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) rally.

According to Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria, who is also a staunch Tanga Tanga member, The DP will attend the Meru BBI rally.

Ruto will be attending the rally alongside its brainchild the ODM party leader Raila Odinga.

The rally is scheduled for February 29, 2020, with Moses Kuria noting that it will be the best rally so far.

“The Meru BBI rally on 29th February will be the best so far. If inclusivity is one of the aspirations of the BBI, this will be the hallmark of the Meru rally with the Deputy President H.E Dr William Ruto set to attend for the first time alongside former Prime Minister Rt Hon Raila Odinga. This is the Kenya we want,” he posted on facebook.

The first Mt Kenya region BBI meeting was to be held in Meru County on February 15 but was postponed to allow national mourning following the death of former President Daniel Moi.

Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi said the event which will bring together 11 counties in the region will now be held at Kinoru Stadium.

He said the meeting will be preceded by a leaders’ meeting from the 11 counties from the region a day earlier, before their resolutions are read in public.

The county chief further revealed that counties from the region, among them Meru, Tharaka Nithi and Embu had already held their local caucuses and were ready for the inaugural regional BBI meeting.

Other regions expected to make their input are Kirinyaga, Laikipia, Nyeri, Nyandarua, Nakuru, Nairobi, Murang’a and Kiambu counties.

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VIDEO: Kila Mtu Afanye Kazi Yake na Tuheshimiane, Ruto Hits Back at Uhuru

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Deputy President William Ruto has hit back at President Uhuru Kenyatta, who on Friday swore to stop sending representatives to launch projects on his behalf, saying they had failed him.

Uhuru’s statement was subtly directed at Ruto, who had launched the last mile connectivity project in Nyandarua county, only for it to stall.

”I came here to see myself whether the people in this region had been connected to the national grid as alleged by the people I had sent here…why are they not yet connected? I will not be sending people anymore, I will come by myself,” an angry Uhuru said while addressing residents of Nyandarua.

A defiant Ruto, however, on Sunday, maintained that he would continue flagging off development projects around the country since that was part of his job description, as deputy president.

”Hiyo kazi nitafanya na bidii. Hii ya barabara…na ya maji, na ya stima, na ya kusomesha watoto wetu…kwa sababu kazi ya deputy president ni hiyo nafanya (I will work even harder to steer roads, water, electricity, and education programs….what I am doing is the work of the deputy president)” the politician said during a church function in Kisii.

Ruto added that defamatory utterances could no longer fool Kenyans, as they are intelligent enough to observe who has delivered in his/her docket, and who has not.

”Wananchi wako na akili. Watajua ni nani wa kufanya kazi, na ni nani wa kupiga story (Kenyans are an intelligent lot. They can decipher who is a hard worker and who is a busy body),” the DP said.

”Tulikubaliana Kenya wajinga waliisha (We all agreed that there are no longer fools in Kenya),” he added.

He further asked his fellow politicians to stop interfering with his work as the second in command.

”Kuna mtu analalamika hapa DP anafanya kazi yake? Iko mtu analalamika nimefanya kazi yake? (Is there anyone who can claim that I am doing his job?),” the irate deputy head of state sarcastically posited.

He was speaking during the consecration of Reverend Joseph Omwoyo Ombasa, as the Bishop of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya.

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Ruto Responds to Moses Kuria’s Harassment by Goons During Kitui BBI Rally

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Deputy President William Ruto has broken his silence following the brutality that Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria faced during a BBI rally in Kitui on Saturday.

The second in command has called upon leaders to take an inclusivity approach to Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) politics.

Speaking during the consecration of the second Diocesan Bishop, Rev Joseph Omwoyo Ombasa, in Kisii, Ruto termed the use of brutal force against individuals with differing opinions as primitive.

”Nataka niwaulize viongozi hao wengine wote, tuwache makelele na fujo na ubabe na mambo hayo ambayo yanaturudisha nyuma (my appeal to all leaders is that they should stop bickering, using excessive force and dictatorship, among other backward practices),” Ruto said.

He preached the message of honorable dialogue, insisting on the need to hear out all opinions, on matters of national discourse.

‘‘Kama ni mjadala mnafanya tuweke heshima, tuweke ungwana, tusikize yale yanasemekana na mtu yeyote, humpendi, unampenda (On matters of national interest, let us take a respectful approach and hear each other out, whether you like a particular person or not),” the DP added.

He further called for an equitable dialogue platform, terming all views as imperative.

”Hakuna maoni yanayozidi maoni mengine (there is no opinion that is superior to the other),” the emotional deputy head of state said.

He noted that ongoing BBI discussion should not be reserved for a particular group of people, rather, it should be opened up to all, including the common mwananchi. 

Kuria was on Saturday almost driven out of the venue of a BBI rally, where ODM leader Raila Odinga was in attendance, after area governor Charity Ngilu, asserted that people who were disrespectful to President Uhuru Kenyatta were not welcome at the event.

It is only after the crowd intervened that Kuria was allowed back into the rally.

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Tangatanga Members Change Tune on BBI Days After Uhuru Summoning Ruto to State House

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

There is confusion in Jubilee’s Tanga Tanga faction over their stand on Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).

The Deputy President Dr William Ruto allied lawmakers led by Senate Majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen on Friday changed their tune on BBI again, making another major declaration.

Just a few days ago, Tanga Tanga members announced the beginning of their own BBI rallies after their Naivasha retreat.

They announced that the first rally will be held in Nakuru County on February 8, 2020.

They outlined that the ongoing rallies spear-headed by handshake partner Raila Odinga have proved to be politically inclined.

However, the group has changed their tune, announcing that they will not be having their parallel rallies again.

The DP Ruto’s allies led by Senator Murkomen have now vowed to attend all BBI rallies across the country, dropping their intentions to run parallel events.

This comes days after President Uhuru Kenyatta summoned Ruto to State House over the Parallel BBI Rallies.

President Uhuru on Monday, January 27, summoned his deputy William Ruto at State House, Nairobi, and gave him a dressing down over parallel BBI meetings planned by the DP’s allies.

The head of state read a riot act to Ruto expressing his displeasure at the persistent attempts by the DP’s lieutenants to frustrate efforts of uniting Kenyans through the BBI, which is a brainchild of the March 9, 2018, handshake Uhuru had with ODM party leader Raila Odinga.

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My Relationship With Raila is Unstoppable, Uhuru Tells Ruto to His Face

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

President Uhuru Kenyatta has told his Deputy Dr William Ruto that his relationship with ODM party leader Raila Odinga is unstoppable.

His message to the DP was issued in a closely guarded meeting between the two leaders on Monday afternoon at State House.

According to People’s Daily, the President is said to have summoned his deputy in the morning, but the meeting did not start until after two hours of Ruto’s arrival at State House, Nairobi, where none of the officials present were willing to confirm the talks.

Sources who spoke to the local daily revealed that the President told Ruto to his face that he has to stop the insubordination as well as frustrating his (Uhuru’s) unity efforts.

“He (Uhuru) told the DP that if he thought he was going to stop him from working with Raila in the unity bid he was daydreaming,” a source was quoted by the local daily.

The revelations come barely a day after President Uhuru, while addressing a gathering in Bahati Nakuru, emphasized that his course to unite the county apparently through the BBI was unstoppable.

The president in a bold declaration said the path of bringing the country together is one of his key plans as he serves his last term and no one will tell him otherwise.

“I will not be stopped in my bid to unite the country. That is the position I have taken moving forward in that direction. I want to ensure Kenyans remain peaceful during and after General Elections every five years,” said Uhuru.

The developments come in the wake of looming tension in the county after Tanga Tanga leaders allied to Deputy President William Ruto announced parallel rallies to that led by the ODM leader and his allies.

The Ruto-allies despite announcing earlier that they will be a party to each rally led by the ODM leader made a sudden u-turn after there Naivasha meeting saying they had decided to hold different rallies to reinforce on the already scheduled ones.

A group of MPs sensationally claimed yesterday their colleagues allied to DP Ruto were plotting to impeach President Kenyatta.

Addressing the press at the Parliament Buildings, the 32 legislators from the Kieleweke faction of Jubilee and ODM claimed Ruto allies were out to oust the President because they were unhappy with his Handshake deal with Raila and its resultant Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).

The legislators, who included the Leader of Minority in the National Assembly John Mbadi, Minority Whip Junet Mohammed and Kieni MP Kanini Kega, were reacting the Naivasha retreat meeting by Tanga Tanga.

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